Author: Yann Martel

Publisher: Paperback

Published: 2001-09-11 00:00:00

Pages: 460

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Book Club, Adventure, Contemporary, Magical Realism

Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.